A meta-analysis of the diagnostic performance of the direct agglutination test and rK39 dipstick for visceral leishmaniasis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7571, 2006, Pages 723-726

  Chappuis, François ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b   Soto, Alonso ^c   Menten, Joris ^d   Boelaert, Marleen ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; META ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749677074     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38917.503056.7C     Document Type: Article

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